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Friday, March 07, 2014

A New Perspective on Coffee + Culinary with Illy

Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran geared up a joint
cultured and interactive learning with Illy Coffee about the art of
coffee-pairing cooking at WALA

Le
Méridien Bali Jimbaran once again brewed a tasteful day of discovery with Illy
Coffee to affirm its shared commitment of partnership in providing the ultimate
coffee experience to the resort's guests. The co-curated event named 'Premiere
of A New Perspective on Coffee' was held on Friday, 28 February 2014 at WALA,
the resort’s unique concept for the guests to enjoy the finely crafted gelato,
teas and specialty coffees by Illy Coffee. The resort's guests and local media
friends were cordially invited to join the aroma-filled event and embark on an
interactive learning workshop that inspired the guests on how to creatively
pair the tasteful coffees with succulent home-made dishes. The joint coffee +
culinary culture class was conducted by the resort’s newly onboard French
Executive Chef, Hugo Thiebaut, and Asia Pacific’s Regional illyCaffe Barista
Trainer, Eduardo Vastolo. The class was free of charge and started at 11.00.

Teaming
up with world renowned Illy Coffee, Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran conducted an
exciting New Perspective get-together to further enthuse the coffee and food
aficionados at WALA – the resort’s inspiring spot to indulge handcrafted
gelato, to popsicles or sip the perfect cup of Illy coffee. “Together with
Illy, Le Méridien’s exclusive coffee partner, we attempted to invigorate our
guests about our pursuit of inspiring journeys of discovery through the
perspective of coffee. This joint-collaboration has a deep meaning for us to
establish our footmark as a new resort in Bali that is able to creatively
orchestrate both exceptional dine and stay experience”, said Greg Gubiani,
General Manager of Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran.

Founded
in 1933 by Francesco Illy, illycaffè produces and markets worldwide only one
blend of high quality coffee, made of nine kinds of pure Arabica. The
unmistakable taste and aroma of Illy are born from the perfect balance of these
ingredients coming from South America, Central America, India, Africa, and
China. Taste and aroma are always the same in each cup of coffee sipped in any
country of the planet. In order to increase each profile of its blend, in 2010
the company has created the Monoarabica line of products, and has started to
sell three out of nine Arabicas: those from Brazil, Ethiopia, and Guatemala.
With Le Méridien, Illy have shared the similar passion to get-connected with
travellers and coffee addicts by a distinctive approach in introducing the
coffee culture through creative forms of art, such as architecture, design,
fashion, film, food and photography.

“The
collaboration on this event aims to familiarize an understanding about coffee
and how it can be concocted in such elevated way for the travellers in
exploring a new experience of drinking the coffee, and to share some tips on
what dishes would go well with coffee. This idea of coffee and food pairing is
to add even more excitements for the travellers to try at home. Thus, we
believe through this joint event, Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran conveys its passion
consistently in delivering inspirations for its discerning guests to upraise
their travel adventure through coffee”, said Eduardo Vastolo, the illyCaffe
Barista Trainer for Asia Pacific Region who is also the alumni of Universita
Del Caffe by illycaffe in Trieste, Italy.